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Angela Haupt, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
Authorities claim that Alessandro was then suffocated with a pillow and strangled using shoelaces.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Myers was strangled with her pantyhose, and Eckart with her shoelace and a strap from her overalls.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 Aug. 2025
Anthony Scott, 58, tied shoelaces around his neck and affixed them to a toilet in the Manhattan Detention Complex – known as The Tombs – on Oct. 14 2021.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
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Angela Haupt, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
Authorities claim that Alessandro was then suffocated with a pillow and strangled using shoelaces.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Myers was strangled with her pantyhose, and Eckart with her shoelace and a strap from her overalls.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 Aug. 2025
Anthony Scott, 58, tied shoelaces around his neck and affixed them to a toilet in the Manhattan Detention Complex – known as The Tombs – on Oct. 14 2021.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
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“Shoelace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoelace. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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shoelace
noun
shoe·lace
-ˌlās 
: a lace or string for fastening a shoe
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